Homily (Reflection) for Thursday of
the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time (I) (23rd November, 2017) on
the Gospel
1Macc 2:15-29;
Ps 49:1-2.5-6.14-15. (R.v.23);
Lk 19:41-44.
Topic: Recognising the time.
Jesus wept over Jerusalem in today’s gospel because she
failed to recognise the things that make for peace. He prophesied that the days
would come when her enemies would set up ramparts around her, surround her, hem
her in on every side, and crushed her and her children to the ground. They
would not leave within her a stone upon another. All because she did not
recognise the time of her visitation from God.
Equally, many till today do not recognise often the time of their
visitation from God. They spend time searching for it, keep procrastinating the
time they will do this good or that.
In the second letter of Saint Paul to Corinthians we read, “Behold,
now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2Cor 6:2). And whoever wants to be
acceptable to God must serve Christ (disciple), cf. Rom 14:18.
Dear friends, why delay? We ought to make hay while the sun shines.
Procrastination is very deadly. Tomorrow may be too late.
Bible Reading: 2Cor 6:14–7:1.
Thought for today: Now is the favourable time.
Let us pray: Lord, give us the grace to make the
best out of every moment we have – Amen.
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